Both in the choice of materials and shape of buildings, ancient architecture stands much closer to nature.

在材料的选择上，还是建筑的形状，古老的建筑都更接近自然。

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That said, the chapel design is informed by the architecture of rural buildings in Virginia's piedmont - not as a quotation but in the choice of materials and simplicity of massing and plan.

就是说，教堂的设计运用了弗吉尼亚山前的乡村建筑——不是引用，而是在材料选择和体量及布局的简洁性上。

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For insulating the stoves, ceramic linings are the materials of choice in the lab, but they are difficult to ship and present problems of consistency for mass production.

为了使炉具绝缘，陶瓷衬里是实验室里的一种选择，但是它们运输困难而且大批量生产时品质不稳定。

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In the Era of Product Recalls, for example, the very choice of the materials used in the manufacturing process can be subject to ongoing review.

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Officials also worry that provincial education authorities, in order to protect local publishing industries, will deny schools any choice in their selection of textbooks (freer choice of teaching materials being one of the aims of the reforms).

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Michelangelo the painter is ever present in his architectural drawings, both in his choice of materials such as red chalk, typical of painters, and in his ready use of brushwork to lay down the basic composition and the patterns of light and shade.

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